Folding vanity tables



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FOLDING VANITY TABLES Filed Sept. 27, 1963 5 Sheets-Sheet l F fi-JONATHAN GINAT BY a JM/ Sept. 21, 1965 GINAT 3,207,101

FOLDING VANITY TABLES Filed Sept. 27, 1963 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORJONATHAN GINAT BY J? Sept. 21, -r

FOLDING VANITY TABLES 3 SheetsSheet 3 Filed Sept. 27, 1963 INVENIOR T AN G N A H T A N o J United States Patent 3,207,101 FOLDING VANITY TABLESJonathan Ginat, New York, N.Y., assignor to Maurice Duchin Creations,Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Sept. 27, 1963,Ser. No. 312,035 3 Claims. (Cl. 108-159) This invention relates to newand useful improvements in articles of furniture, and more particularly,the invention concerns itself with an improved Vanity table which may beconveniently used while dressing, applying make up, combing hair, andthe like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a table of thisgeneral type which comprises a supporting frame and a table top, theframe including a cross member and a pair of leg units pivotally orswingably connected to the ends of the cross member so that they may beswung from an operative position transverse to the cross member to afolded position substantially parallel thereto, thus permitting theframe to be quickly and easily folded into a compact form for purposesof shipment or storage.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of meansfor supporting the table top on the frame in such manner that the tabletop automatically locks the leg units against folding, but may bereadily removed from the frame to permit the leg units to be folded whenso desired.

Another important feature of the invention resides in providing on thetable frame a pair of opposing mirrors which are disposed at oppositeends of the table top and are adjustable both in vertical and horizontalplanes so that they may be conveniently used for direct viewing or forviewing the back of the head, as desired.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its durability, in its pleasing and ornamentalappearance, and in its adaptability to convenient and economicalmanufacture.

With the foregoing more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention will be understood from the followingdescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereinlike characters of reference are used to designate like parts, andwherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a folding vanity table in accordancewith the invention;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary end view thereof;

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary top plan View;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary top plan View, similar to that shown in FIGURE4 but with the table top removed and the leg unit swung to its foldedposition;

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional detail, takensubstantially in the plane of the line 66 in FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional de tail, takensubstantially in the plane of the line 7-7 in FIGURE 4;

FIGURE 8 is an elevational view of one of the mirrors; and

FIGURE 9 is an edge view of the mirror shown in FIGURE 8.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the vanity tablein accordance with the invention is designated generally by thereference numeral 10 and may be conveniently employed while dressing,applying makeup, combing hair, et cetera. The table is of a foldingnature, so that it may be readily transported or stored in a compactform.

3,207,101 Patented Sept. 21, 1965 "ice The table 10 comprises in itsconstruction .a supporting frame 11, a table top 12, and a pair ofmirror units 13 which are supported by the frame at opposite ends of thetable top, the mirror units being adjustable so that they may be usedeither for a direct view, or for Viewing the sides or the back of thehead, as desired.

The supporting frame 11 consists of a horizontally elongated crossmember which, in the instance illustrated, comprises a pair of rods 14.These may be either parallel or, as shown, disposed obliquely so as tocross each other and be secured together at their point of crossing,centrally below the table top 12. The exact arrangement of the crossmember rods 14 is not important, in fact, even a single horizontal rodmay be used, as long as there is provided a cross member which extendsunder the table top 12 from one end thereof to the other.

The ends of the cross member rods 14 have secured thereto, as bywelding, a pair of upright shafts 15 which form components of pivotmeans whereby a pair of leg units 16 are swingably connected to the endsof the cross member 14. As will be hereinafter apparent, the leg units16 are swingable about the shafts 15 from an operative position whereinthe leg units are disposed in transverse planes relative to the crossmember 14 (as in FIGURE 4), to a folded position wherein the leg unitsare parallel and juxtaposed to the cross member (as in FIGURE 5). Forthis purpose, each of the leg units 16 is provided with a set ofvertically spaced bearings 17, 18, 19, which rotatably receive theassociated shaft 15 therein. Each leg unit preferably consists of a pairof complemental, coplanar leg members or rods 20, the lower end portionsof which are outturned and equipped with suitable feet or pads 21 toengage the floor. Intermediate portions of the leg members 20 havesecured thereto pairs of convergent rods or bars 22, each pair of whichserves to rigidly attach one of the bearings 17, 18, 19 to the leg unit.It will be noted that by virtue of the connecting bars 22, the bearings17, 18, 19 are offset horizontally inwardly from the plane of the legunits, so that when the bearings receive the upright shafts 15 of theframe and the leg units are swung about the shafts to their foldedposition shown in FIGURE 5, the leg units are substantially parallel tothe cross member 14 and the table frame assumes a highly compact formfor convenient shipment or storage.

The upper end portions of the members 20 of each leg unit are outturnedand then curved into a U-shaped form so as to provide a pair ofupstanding detent pins 23 which are removably received in pairs ofinverted sockets 24 secured to the opposite ends of the table top 12, asby suitable lugs or brackets 25 (see FIGURE 7). The lugs 25 may bewelded or otherwise secured to the sockets 24 and they may be welded orscrewed to the ends of the table top 12, as desired.

The detent pins 23 of the leg units 16 are received in the sockets 24with a slip or sliding fit, so that when the leg units are in theiroperative position, transverse to the cross member 14, the table top 12may be applied to the frame 11 by inserting the table top between theleg units above the cross member 14, and inserting the detent pins 23into the sockets 24. As is clearly shown in FIGURE 7, the sockets 24 areclosed at the top thereof, so that the detent pins 23 seat in thesockets and properly support the table top in place. Moreover, insertionof the detent pins 23 in the sockets 24 automatically causes the tabletop 12 to lock the leg units 16 against swinging from their operativeposition to their folding position, so that as long as the table top isin place, folding of the leg units cannot accidentally orunintentionally take place. However, when the table top is removed fromthe frame, by lifting the table top so that the sockets 24 becomeseparated from the detent pins 23, the leg units 16 may be folded to aparallel relation with the frame cross member 14, as shown in FIGURE 5,by simply swinging the leg members about the upright shafts 15 of theframe, as will be clearly understood.

As is best shown in FIGURE 6, the lowermost bearing 17 of each leg unit16 has a closed lower end for abutment with the lower end of theassociated shaft 15 of the frame, whereby the shafts 15, the crossmember 14 and the table top 12 are properly supported by the two legunits 16.

Each of the aforementioned mirror units 13 comprises a mirror proper 30which is sandwiched between a pair of wire rings 31 held together by aplurality of circumferentially spaced tie bars 32. Diametricallyopposite sides of the mirror rings 31 are rovided with bearing blocks 33which rotatably receive the end portions of a substantiallysemi-circular yoke 34, so that the mirror may be adjusted by a swingingmovement in a vertical plane, that is, about a horizontal axis. The yoke34 has secured thereto a depending, vertical standard 35, the lower endportion of which is secured to a tubular sleeve 36, and the latter isrotatably positioned, as is best shown in FIGURE 6, on the upper endportion of the associated frame shaft 15 above the uppermost bearing 19.In this manner the mirror unit may be swung in a horizontal plane aswell as in a vertical plane as already described, to make a universaladjustment of the mirror unit possible.

The two mirror units 13 may be readily removed from the assembly bysimply withdrawing the sleeves 36 from the shafts 15, but when themirror units are in place, they are properly supported by the sleeves onthe shafts, with the lower ends of the standards 35 abutting the upperends of the shafts 15, and/or with the lower ends of the sleeves 36abutting the bearings 19, as will be readily aparent from FIGURE 6.

It will be appreciated that the invention lends itself to convenientmanufacture from wire rod or tubing, the various components beingsecured together by welding, or the like, except of course, for theslidable, rotatable, or removable connections already mentioned.

While in the foregoing there has been described and shown the preferredembodiment of the invention, various modifications may become apparentto those skilled in the art to which the invention relates. Accordingly,it is not desired to limit the invention to this disclosure, and variousmodifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a folding vanity table, the combination of a table top having apair of side edges and a pair of end edges, a pair of transverselyspaced sockets provided on each end edge of said table top, said socketsbeing closed at the top and open at the bottom thereof, a pair of legunits supporting said top at its end edges with the top disposed whollybetween said leg units, each of said leg units including a pair of legmembers having closely spaced vertical intermediate portions,transversely offset lower foot portions and transversely offset upperportions terminating in upwardly directed pinlike detents, said detentsof the respective leg units being removably received in said sockets atthe respective end edges of said table top through the open bottom ofthe sockets and abutting the closed top of the sockets for support ofsaid table top, a set of vertically spaced and vertically alignedbearings secured to said vertical intermediate portions of said legmembers of each leg unit in a plane bisecting the space between the legmembers, a cross member extending centrally under said table top inparallel with said side edges of the top, and a pair of vertical shaftssecured to the ends of said cross member, said bearings of therespective leg units being rotatably positioned on said respectiveshafts whereby to connect the leg units together through the medium ofsaid cross memher, the positioning of said detents in said socketsnormally preventing rotation of said leg units about said shafts, butremoval of the table top and associated sockets from said detentspermitting the leg units to be rotated about said shafts to a foldedposition wherein the leg units are substantially parallel to said crossmember.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein said bearing are offset fromsaid intermediate portions of said leg members in a direction toward theend edges of said table top, whereby said leg units in their operativeposition are spaced outwardly from the end edges of the top and wherebythe leg units in their folded position are laterally spaced from saidcross member to permit the folded leg units to be parallel with thecross member.

3. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the lowermost bearing ineach set has a closed bottom in supporting abutment with the lower endof the associated shaft.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 915,913 3/09Warren 88-85 1,930,925 10/33 Dillon 88-85 2,650,147 8/53 Sander 108-1542,687,674 8/54 Clere 8885 2,789,631 4/57 Vosbikian 108-154 3,032,3805/62 Danciart 108-154 3,080,193 3/63 Nimmo 108-112 X 3,095,833 7/63Peter 108124 X FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

1. IN A FOLDING VANITY TABLE, THE COMBINATION OF A TABLE TOP HAVING APAIR OF SIDE EDGES AND A PAIR OF END EDGES, A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELYSPACED SOCKETS PROVIDED ON EACH END EDGE OF SAID TABLE TOP, SAID SOCKETSBEING CLOSED AT THE TOP AND OPEN AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A PAIR OF LEGUNITS SUPPORTING SAID TOP AT ITS END EDGES WITH THE TOP DISPOSED WHOLLYBETWEEN SAID LEG UNITS, EACH OF SAID LEG UNITS INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEGMEMBERS HAVING CLOSELY SPACED VERTICAL INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS,TRANSVERSELY OFFSET LOWER FOOT PORTIONS AND TRANSVERSELY OFFSET UPPERPORTIONS TERMINATING IN UPWARDLY DIRECTED PIN-LIKE DETENTS, SAID DETENTSOF THE RESPECTIVE LEG UNITS BEING REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN SAID SOCKETS ATTHE RESPECTIVE END EDGES OF SAID TABLE TOP THROUGH THE OPEN BOTTOM OFTHE SOCKETS AND ABUTTING THE CLOSED TOP OF THE SOCKETS FOR SUPPORT OFSAID TABLE TOP, SET OF VERTICALLY SPACED AND VERTICALLY ALIGNED BEARINGSSECURED TO SAID VERTICAL INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS OF SAID LEG MEMBERS OFEACH LEG UNIT IN A PLANE BISECTING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LEG MEMBERS, ACROSS MEMBER EXTENDING CENTRALLY UNDER SAID TABLE TOP IN PAR-